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Consuming higher levels of magnesium—a mineral found in dark leafy greens, nuts, beans, yogurt, and avocado—appears to dramatically reduce one's chances of getting pancreatic cancer, which is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the US. So report Indiana University Bloomington researchers this month in the British Journal of Cancer after sifting through data on more than 66,000 men and women, ages 50 to 76, from the VITamins and Lifestyle study. Looking at whether age, gender, BMI, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use, and magnesium supplementation have a direct influence on pancreatic cancer rates, they found that for every 100mg-a-day decrease in magnesium intake (ostensibly as compared to those who met the RDA), there's a 24% increase in the incidence of pancreatic cancer.

"Pancreatic cancer is really unique and different from other cancers," study co-author Ka He says in a news release. "The five-year survival rate is really low." Magnesium, which Health Newsline reports is dubbed the "master mineral," is involved in more than 300 enzyme systems that regulate things as varied as nerve function and blood glucose control in our bodies, according to the National Institutes of Health. While researchers say more studies are needed, they advise that people should get their RDA of magnesium (roughly 420mg for men and 320mg for women), be it through diet or supplements, "to prevent any risk of pancreatic cancer." And it might be particularly wise for "those at a higher risk of pancreatic cancer" to begin taking a supplement, says co-author Daniel Dibaba. (Dizzy Gillespie is among these 15 celebs who fought pancreatic cancer.)

I've had three friends die from it. All lived in different towns, had different diets, and different kinds of jobs. One that shocked is the one who was a former exec at Shaklee's. They changed the factory into Yamaguchi pharmaceuticals and eventually moved out all of the Shaklee people and told them to move to Singapore. He kept taking their supplements even though they were now being made there. He felt sick and did not know what was wrong. He collapsed in his house and the doctors at the hospital told him the bad news. So I've been taking Mag-Max for a while and switched to natural sources. I also take high dose resveratrol and other antioxidants. I don't want any free radicals floating around as we have enough Hillarys running around.

charlesSpeirceCLONE

Dec 21, 2015 12:49 PM CST

When your children are finished living longer and not a bit better, they die, from something slow, painful and incurable. And they will not want to. And you will not be there to comfort them.